Most outrageous experience while voting

Possibly. I've honestly never given the question a lot of thought. If the case, then African American would be offensive I would think. I can't imagine someone identifying themselves first with a continent they weren't born in and have never been to.

odd that you would quote Bill Clinton in your defense of democrats and portrayal that all republicans are racists

you did forget to quote all the other democratic racism as well.... perhaps the many times Joe Biden (you know our vice president) making racist remarks about blacks

or Hilary Clinton (our Sec of State)

lets not forget Harry Reid's (Senate majority leader) famous comments about how obama could be an electable black man because he was "light skinned" and "no negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one"

or for that matter Obama himself whos made several racists remarks against whites

we could go on and on and on...... there are countless racist remarks on the democrat side that could be quoted.... difference is instead of some nameless blogger making the remarks...... they come from the democrats elected leaders..... you promote racism then blame others for following your lead

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Not my intention to to chanel Bill, but I'll take it. He was a good president who,with a bit of help from Bush 41's tax increase, left us in a much better place than 43.

I was actually thinking about a scene I witnessed in an airport a while back. While walking in the concourse I passed a shoe shine station. Sitting in the chair with a small smile on his face, getting a sparkling shine put on his shoes, was an elderly African American man. The guy shining his shoes was white. It struck me, how such a small act could speak volumes.

You must not have Googled the Republican remarks. There have been, and continue to be downright hateful remarks and images thrown the President's way by elected officials. While some dems have made questionable remarks, not one has been loaded with the vitriol and bile of the ones I referenced. That doesn't make them right, but I wouldn't put them in the same class.

On election night you had the folks on Fox News bemoaning the changing face of America. Complaining about the fact that "traditional America" is gone. They continually throw out terms like "welfare queen" to incite their primarily caucasian base. Again, these are facts. I'm a nerd at heart and read the exit polls from about 30 states..... So far. It's unfortunate that we as a nation still stoop to this type of behavior.

I'm not excusing any one from it, Republican or Democratic. If you hear it or see it around you and don't stand up against it, you're just as guilty as the guy who said it. I had to berate my 90 year old grandma the other day for complaining about the "half Chinese" on her news show.

I never said that, but we all know what Rush and company mean by "welfare queens". To say there is NO racism behind the rabid opposition to Obama is as dumb as saying EVERYONE who doesn't like Obama is a racist. I don't think that, and surely you can acknowledge there is a racial edge there to some of the criticism from certain elements of the right.

only a fool would claim that racism doesnt exist at all....... and likewise only a fool would claim that some prominent people havent made racist comments

however..... theres fools on both sides....... and only a fool would claim that the race card and race baiting isnt just as prolific

as I said earlier...... some of the most racist comments about obama have come from people like Bill Clinton, Joe Biden, Harry Reid, and the list goes on....... so to bash a few select Republicans who have made remarks and then claim its all about racism is silly

and even sillier is to take totally unrelated remarks and try to fashion them into racism

people are allowed to disagree with obama on the basis that they hate his policies....... they dont have to be racists

just like the petitions for secession.... because people dont want to be part of a collapsing nation....Im sure some of the signatures ARE from racist people..... but Im sure many signatures were most assuredly from high melanin americans...... but maybe theyre just 'uncle toms'

of course you realize that traditional america harkens to over 200 years of democracy vs the perceived socialist path many believe we are on

of course to disagree with a high melanin americans policy must mean racism

and you do realize that the majority of those on welfare happen to be low melanin americans??

so speaking of welfare speaks to the fact that rather than create jobs this administration would rather create dependants

but of course to disagree with a high melanin americans policy must mean racism

thats the problem with the true racists in america........ they cry racism and play the race card anytime someone disagrees with them

the sooner high melanin americans stop feeling sorry for themselves and join society the happier they will be...... until then there will always be racism in America..... coming from the race baiters

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Wow. So much is wrong with what you just wrote I'm not sure where to begin.

As a "low melanin American" I find your attitude disturbing.

I'm perfectly aware of the fact that the majority of "government handouts" go to white Americans in red states. (I read exit polls remember? Or did you just skip part?) But if you listen to the right wing media and elected officials, as I'm sure you do, you'll have heard those terms thrown into rants about the non-whites who are ruining this great country. Welfare queen was a term coined by the Republican party during the Reagan years used to refer to the intercity "high melanin" people on welfare.

While reading those pesky exit polls,the ones full of cold hard irrefutable facts, I was struck by which groups the President won, and which he lost. You know the only group he had a problem with? White evangelical Christians. Specifically , old white male evangelical Christians. Tell me truthfully that has nothing to do with race.

I never said that, but we all know what Rush and company mean by "welfare queens". To say there is NO racism behind the rabid opposition to Obama is as dumb as saying EVERYONEwho doesn't like Obama is a racist. I don't think that, and surely you can acknowledge there is a racial edge there to some of the criticism from certain elements of the right.

(I am a "Whitey" by the way lol)

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Again I say thank you, and me too!

As Gmash said, I'm certain there are a lot of Republicans who voted for Romney on policy. Unfortunately, the far right wing has taken over the party, and they are louder. Again, looking at the exit polls gives a pretty clear picture of who voted where and why. I encourage you to take a look for yourself.

just like the petitions for secession.... because people dont want to be part of a collapsing nation....Im sure some of the signatures ARE from racist people..... but Im sure many signatures were most assuredly from high melanin americans...... but maybe theyre just 'uncle toms'

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Nope not uncle toms or aunt jemima, this came up during the 1960s, you're probably too young to know about it and i'm sure history has distorted it since.

Blacks wanted to secede from the USA and create their own Nation within the USA.

Asian American is somewhat offensive to me though I'm not entirely sure why. Perhaps because it lumps all Asians under one umbrella and acts like we're all the same. We're not. Japanese are very different from Chinese from Filipinos from Vietnamese. If you really want to offend me refer to me as some Asian nationality other than Chinese.

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Majority of Black Americans doesn't know what part of Africa their ancestors are from. Majority of other Americans do know!

Lindsay Grahm clearly says they don't have enough angry white men to win the demographics race. The article goes on to list a number of other clearly racially motivated remarks.

It also points out the failings of the Democrats, which is why I think it's a good read. You can't make important decisions by listening to only one voice.

Yes, evangelicals are overly concerned with social issues, and you could hypothesize that's the reason Romney won their vote. Unfortunately, this theory begins to fall apart when you look at the results for other religious groups.

Obama won the Catholic vote, and if the Holy See's new campaign to fight LGBT marriage equality is anything to go by, the Catholic leadership is as anti-gay as the worst of them. They also hate birth control with a passion.

Obama also won the Jewish vote and the vote of people claiming to be Christian that declined to mention a particular sect. While Romney did win the Mormon vote, he actually got less support among his own religious group than Bush did.

Look, I'm not saying all Republicans are racists. Far from it in fact. It's just unfortunate that the extremists within the party have painted the party as a whole in that light with a very broad brush. They have forced the leadership into this awkward dance of denouncing these comments at the mic, while tweeting their support for them under the pulpit. I have some very good friends who are life long Republicans that voted Obama this year because they couldn't stand the hate being spewed by their party.

*sorry for that super long link. I can't seem to get a short one on my phone to work.

Wow! how did I miss this thread? or...maybe that's a good thing
I'm from a long line of Republican's and proud of it!! My ancestery is all over the map including little bits of Europe, Africa, Spain etc etc...(although genes are gonna do what they are gonna do..(tall blonde) I'm usually thrown in the caucasion- European pool... but technically I am a "mutt"
an American... isn't that what all Americans are really?? Isn't that the philosophy of what this country was founded on? why do we have to put labels on everything and everyone? this one time..at band camp.. I actually checked off every single box on a nationality race question...
and yes I know.. America was basically stolen and plundered from Native American's
but I don't have anymore time to stand here on my soap box!!
perhaps.. another time

When will you all just grow up and stop calling each other names like children?
I'm a matrure student at a new University in Luton UK. the touw has a very mixed population (English, Polish, Pakistani, Irish and that's just the main nationalities) The Uni has students from 110 or so countries and we all get along just fine. Maybe it's because we're all there for the same reason and don't have time for worrying about imaginary diffrences.

When will you all just grow up and stop calling each other names like children?
I'm a matrure student at a new University in Luton UK. the touw has a very mixed population (English, Polish, Pakistani, Irish and that's just the main nationalities) The Uni has students from 110 or so countries and we all get along just fine. Maybe it's because we're all there for the same reason and don't have time for worrying about imaginary diffrences.

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There isnt the kind of income differences or history of racial discrimination in the UK though. That said, from what I here, the US is oft a better place to be of a non-European ethnicity than Europe itself, which is pretty shameful. Nationalist parties get 10-20% of the vote across Europe, a terrible thing really.

I do not vote without thought..I take that right and responsibility very seriously..
nor do I listen to the rhetoric and misguided misinformed opinions of the flavor of the day profilers and ignorant people who just follow along cluelessly like sheep and have no clue but
continually bash the republican party without bothering to understand its fundamental philosophy of government .

The majority in America is turning Hispanic. That includes Mexican, Puerto Rican, Dominican. That's what's scaring a few people. The culture is not that of New England Puritan or Southern Gentleman.

I can remember a lot of New England Puritan turning their noses up at some of the Italian festivals. The whole neighborhood would have booths, food, fireworks, and a statue of whatever Saint the festival honored. The "gentry" felt it was uncouth, noisy, in some cases blasphemous. The Hispanic culture also has its own ways of celebrating, and that is seen as much the same.

When Kennedy first ran for president, the was a lot of concern about the Pope in the White House. The majority of the Hispanics are Catholic, and their faith might be forced on Evangelical Christians.

Now we have a Mixed Race president. Some of the "good old boys" are outraged. Plus his full name doesn't help. I say, too damn bad.

With the name calling - slang was popular before the 50s. While no one really liked some of the names, it wasn't the federal case it is now. My father used the N word to refer to blacks, but in his case it was more common usage from his youth. (He had to quit school in the third grade to work so he grew up the the late teens early twenties) I'd see him sitting with a bunch of blacks his age just gassing away and enjoying themselves. Just old men enjoying the sun and reminiscing. I think that some of the recipients of the terms could tell whether it was ignorance or malice. Especially the older generation.

We had some pretty inventive terms for Germans, Japanese, and Italians during that time.

There are only PACS behind the politics. Both sides.

I tend to vote for the least likely horse's rear in the bunch. I'd love it if you could vote for Pres. and Vice-Pres. separately.

k ...well... my original point was..... not all Republican's are rich crotchety with feelings of entitlement protestant anti religion anti human dignity and respect grumpy old white men....i for one am pretty much opposite of that stereotype...
actually...a lot of us are smart young (ishhhhhh ) hey time and age are relative...!!!
anyway.. educated.. philanthropical.. empathetic and truly concerned about our fellow americans... as human beings... and the welfare and progress and evolution of this country are really what matters,,